The Numismatic Literary Guild (www.NLGonline.org), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors and writers who cover news and feature stories about all forms of money, medals and tokens as collectibles, hassubstantially revised its annual awards competition categories for 2018 and beyond.

"Working with awards coordinator Scott A. Travers and NLG board members John Albanese, David T. Alexander, Michael R. Fuljenz, Charles Morgan, Maurice Rosen, and other veteran hobby editors and writers, we reorganized thecategories and brought the Guild into the 21 st century," said NLG Acting Executive Director Donn Pearlman. "We were overdue in recognizing that important numismatic-related information is available online and inmedia other than print."

To be eligible for consideration in any of this year's categories, entries must have been published, released, or posted on the Internet between May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018. With the exception of the Portfoliocategory, three (3) copies of each entry must be submitted, and each copy must also be accompanied by a cover sheet listing the category and other information spelled out in the rules.

Only one entry per category is allowed per submitter.

All entries must be received no later than Tuesday, June 12, 2018. They should be sent to the contest coordinator at the following address: Scott A. Travers, c/o Sal Germano, SGRC Inc., 625 Lafayette Ave.,Hawthorne, NJ 07506.

"Entries in a number of categories will be judged by editors and other well- qualified individuals within and outside the numismatic field," Travers commented.

Winners will be announced, and awards presented, at the 2018 NLG Bash and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, August 16, 2018, at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money® in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

To read the complete rules and list of categories, see:
Numismatic Literary Guild Announces New Award Categories for 2018(https://www.nlgonline.org/news/numismatic-literary-guild-announces-new-award-categories-for-2018/)